N.Y. judge says chimps may get legal rights, but not for now
(Reuters) – Claims that intelligent animals should have limited legal rights may someday succeed, a Manhattan judge said on Thursday, but she denied an animal rights group’s bid to get two chimpanzees used in research at a state university released to …
Private equity firm executive, daughter killed in Milwaukee plane crash
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Boston private equity firm executive and his daughter were killed in a fiery plane crash in Milwaukee as they were traveling to visit colleges, company officials said on Thursday.
Cobra caught after taking residence in Houston luxury condo complex
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Police and animal control officers captured a venomous albino snake that had camped out in the hallway of a luxury Houston condominium building and prevented frightened residents from using their front doors, authorities said …
Rescuers hold out hope of finding missing Florida teens boaters
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The search for two 14-year-old boys from South Florida who disappeared while on a fishing trip in the Atlantic Ocean entered a seventh day on Thursday amid questions about whether the U.S. Coast Guard would soon consider endin…
Activists on Oregon bridge block Shell’s Arctic drilling quest
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Greenpeace protestors dangling from a bridge on Thursday in Portland, Oregon, halted an icebreaker that Royal Dutch Shell needs in northern Alaska before it can start drilling into the region’s oil zone.
Three days, five killings and a year of pain in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Kajuan Guinn was just 8, and recently reunited with his family after years in foster care, when his chronically ill mother died of complications from lupus.
Water parks and piano class: Colorado movie gunman’s childhood
DENVER (Reuters) – One described him as a quiet, kind boy who doted on his little sister. Another recalled his team spirit on the soccer pitch.
Maryland governor to shut Baltimore’s troubled jail -report
(Reuters) – Maryland Governor Larry Hogan will announce the closing of Baltimore’s troubled jail, the target of legal action over squalid conditions, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday.
Hedge fund mogul Paulson donates $8.5 million to NYC charter school
BOSTON (Reuters) – Billionaire investor John Paulson, who credits his success on Wall Street to a top education, is donating $8.5 million to New York City’s largest network of charter schools.
Chinese professor accused of spying by U.S. released on bail
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese professor charged in the United States with economic espionage has been released on bail by a U.S. court, a press official from Tianjin University, his employer, said on Thursday.
